Rainbow Six Quarantine, Ubisoft’s upcoming tactical co-op FPS, was announced in June of 2019, and it has seen practically no fanfare since. In fact, the only news that players have gotten since the announcement was the recent reveal thatRainbow Six Quarantinewas delayeddue to COVID-19, alongsideFar Cry 6. These games have both been delayed until at least April of 2021, if not later.
So, should players be worried? The simplest answer is probably not. While there’s not going to be any definitive answer to that question until players have a copy ofRainbow SixQuarantinein their hands (or on their hard drives), there are quite a few reasons for Ubisoft to stay invested in not onlyQuarantine,but in theSiegeuniverse as a whole.
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Rainbow Six Siege is Huge
For one thing, it is certainly within Ubisoft’s best interest to stay involved with not only theRainbow Sixfranchise, but within theSiegecircle of that universe of it particularly.This itself makes any sort of cancelation highly unlikely.Rainbow Six Siegeis staying consistently big, with Ubisoft announcingSiegepassed 55 million registered players back in February, andSiege’sconcurrent player count recordbreaks once or twice a year, a sign of a very healthy game.
That’s without mentioning that Ubisoft seems to have plans to continue supportingSiegefor the foreseeable future. Ubisoft’s current commitment to the game is to get it to 100 operators (of which there are currently 58), and at its current pace of four operators a year, that would keep the company supporting the game for at least another ten and a half years, as well as into the next generation of consoles, with Ubisoft givingSiegea free PS5 and Xbox Series X upgrade. That’s a massive commitment, and it shows how serious Ubisoft is about building out the world ofRainbow Six.
While it certainly doesn’t want to introduce franchise fatigue by overstimulating the market withRainbow Sixcontent, releasing another game alongside it that’s set in theRainbow Six Siegeuniversebut is built around very different core gameplay doesn’t seem like a huge risk. There will absolutely be some overlap in players interested in both games, while at the same time bringing in an entirely different group of gamers uninterested in competitive play. It’s a game that, in all likelihood and as long as it’s good, should only expand the popularity of theRainbow Sixfranchise, making it a good investment for Ubisoft.
Rainbow Six Siege’s Outbreak Event Was A Massive Hit
The game mode that was the gauge for players' interest inRainbow Six QuarantinewasSiege’sOutbreak event, a limited-time mode offered inSiegeback in March of 2018. Outbreak was a co-op PvE mode where three operators complete objectives together, fighting against swarms of zombie-like monsters. Outbreak was a massive success, and players have been asking about its return ever since.Quarantinewould plausibly pick up the Outbreak story right where it left off.
Rainbow Six Quarantine Leak
While no footage of any kind has leaked forQuarantine,there was a leak back in January of 2020 showing documents detailing the game. While this is a leak and is in no way confirmed by Ubisoft, these documents are certainly interesting and show whatQuarantinecould believably look like.
According to these leaks,Quarantinewould separate operators into one of three categories: Assault, Recon, and Support. Every operator included in the leak is an operator that is already inSiege,though considering this leak is from almost a year ago now, it’s possibleRainbow Six Quarantineoperators have been added/removed.It would feature an operator progression system, somethingSiegedoes not do, thoughQuarantinewill supposedly feature a PvE Ranked mode, something that should perk up the more competitiveSiegeplayers' ears.
All in all, while there is no real concrete information regardingQuarantineother than the fact that players are definitely not going to see it until April 2021 at the earliest, players should still feel pretty confident that it’s on the way. This is especially true, considering Ubisoft confirmedPS5 and Xbox Series X support forRainbow Six Quarantine. Rainbow Six Siegeis one of Ubisoft’s most popular properties, andQuarantineis a game that fans of the franchise have been visibly excited for ever since it was announced.
Rainbow Six Quarantineis currently in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
